Weatherization Resilience and Adaptation Program Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15]
Introduced
Summary
Helps low-income households and eligible property owners make homes and land more resilient to climate-driven hazards. The bill would create a Department of the Interior grant program to fund dwelling and property adaptations, set resilience standards with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and require tenant protections during projects.
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- Families and renters: Requires protections for tenants during multifamily upgrades, including comparable housing if displaced, a right to return, and bans on rent increases for at least two years unless pre-approved.
- Low-income owners and communities: Provides grants for adaptations for low-income owners, manufactured home communities, and properties with affordability restrictions. Eligibility initially covers households up to 300 percent of the poverty level and allows up to 15 percent of funds for outreach and administration.
- States, Tribes, and agencies: Directs the Secretary to stand up the program and issue rules within 180 days and requires NIST to publish resilience and adaptation standards within one year. The program must coordinate with HUD, HHS, EPA, FEMA, and include audits and public performance targets.
*Would authorize $250 million per year for fiscal years 2026–2031 and $2 million per year for fiscal years 2026–2028 for implementation, increasing federal spending.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Six years of funding for resilience grants
Congress would authorize $250 million each year for 2026–2031 for the Secretary to run the grant program. It would also authorize $2 million each year for 2026–2028 for NIST standards work. This money would fund the grants and related oversight and guidance.
Home resilience grants for at-risk owners
Within 180 days, the Secretary would set up grants to help owners harden homes and land against climate risks. Eligible owners would include low-income owners (up to 300% of poverty, or higher if approved), owners with at least 5 years left on affordability rules, owners of buildings where over 50% of units are subsidized, and owners of manufactured home communities. Grants would only go to properties in areas with higher climate-driven hazards and could include work to maintain accessibility for people with disabilities. Program participants would have to accept both smartphone/online and paper applications. Some multifamily awards could require the owner to help pay for the project.
Rent and return protections for tenants
If a grant-funded project in a multifamily building displaces you, you could choose a suitable replacement home in your community or a safer one, at similar cost and terms. You would have the right to return to your unit or a comparable unit after the work is done. Owners could not raise rent because of the improvements and could not raise rent for at least 2 years, unless a prior agreement already allowed it.
Standards and audits for this program
Within 180 days, the Secretary would issue rules with HUD, HHS, EPA, FEMA, and others to run the program. The rules would set audits, annual reports, and public performance targets with yearly spending thresholds. Within one year, NIST would publish resilience standards that consider material costs, fair labor, local climate risks, prior weatherization work, and natural solutions.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]
LA • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37]
TX • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/24/2026
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